ADJUSTMENT OF REACHING BEHAVIOR TO OBJECT DISTANCE IN EARLY INFANCY

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 47  (1) , 304-308
Abstract
The prehensile activity and looking behavior of 2 and 5 mo old infants were videotaped in the presence of objects placed within and beyond possible contact distance. There was only a consistent adjustment of reaching behavior to stimulus distance in the case of the 5 mo old group. The distance discrimination evident in the prehensile activity of the older infants was paralleled by a reduction in the amount of attention paid to far objects.

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